Butter-cutting machine



H. J. OUTCELT BUTTER CUTTING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEK H. J. OUTC ELT 1,781,075

BUTTER CUTTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 19, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 wa M INVENTOR.

BY M ATTORNEY.

Nov; 11, 1930.

Patented Nov. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES V HENRY J. ooronn'r, OF WARSA INDIANA:

BUTTER-CUTTING MACHINE Application filed August 19, 1929. Serial No. 386,746.

This invention relates to improvements in be portioned, which container may be readily opened to receive supplies of butter, or removed from the apparatus to be cleansed;

and to provide an apparatus for portioning butter rapidly, which is simple in construction and easily operated.

These objects are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of an apparatus embodying the invention, a portion being broken parts, and the blades 12 and 13 act to'mainaway;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section of one end of the butter container;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the appliance on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1';

Fig. 4 is a front end elevation ance; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation of the rear end of the butter container and its driving gear, parts being in section. r

The invention consists of a horizontally disposed container 1 in which butter to be portioned is deposited. T'hecontainer is formed of two channel shaped members 2 and 3,.disposed oppositely and spaced apart so that the of the ap litween the correspondingsides of said members. The rear end of the container (Figs l and 5) has a head 5 to which the member 3 1S permanently attached, and to which the memher 2 is removably secured, therebeing studs 6 projecting laterally from the head and corresponding notches 7 in the sides of the memmember 3 is permanently attached. The

container has longitudinal openings 4: be

flange 8 has projecting from its inner face a U-shaped extension 10 between the sides of which the corresponding end of the channel member 3 issecured, the forward endof the channel member 2 being removably attached to said extension by means of; a fastener 11 by which the removable member 2 isheld in pia ce in connection .with the container. Fixed in the flange 8 are two parting blades 12 and 13 disposedat right angles to each otherand intersecting with eachother-at a point. in line with the axis of the container. Also, adjacent the inner edge of each of said blades and alined therewith is disposed a wire 14, which wires are secured at their opposite ends. by corresponding fasteners .15. The wires thus disposed cause a bar of butter,

'(not'shown) as it isextrude'd from the con tainer, to be longitudinally severed into equal tain' the severed parts separate from each other. .5 i w A supporting means is provided for the container and consists of two frames 16 and 17 .that are mounted in connection with a drip-pan 18 adjacent thecorresponding ends thereof. 2 The frame 16, has mounted thereon a pair of ."grooved rollers 19.11pon which rollers the flange 81of thecontainerisdisposed. The frame 17 has mounted in connection therewith agear- 20 provided with a shaft21 the inner end'of whichshaft has spliced relationwith a stud 22 that projects. from the head 5, :there being a pin 23 fixed in the-stud and extending looselyand' trans versely into the spliced end of the shaft. The;

frame 17 has a boss 24 inlwhich thespliced connection between the stud and shaft re-[ volves, said boss having a slot 25 in its top connection between the stud and shaft and prevents the studqfrom dropping out of con nection with the shaft during rotation of the container. Thus, when the, container is in position and-the gear is revolved, the container-is rotated accordingly.

g in front of the parting blades, at'theint'erA '7 section thereof, and-a stationary slicing wire 49 is secured at one end to said stud and at its opposite: end to the hub of the arm 46.

' 65 A stripper is provided-for the butter pats The frames 16 and 17 have in connection 7 therewith a longitudinally disposed guide one side of the pan,,and upon the opposite side of the pan is an inwardly extending longitudinally disposed rail 27, upon which rod andLrail'is mounted a sliding bracket 28, one end of which has a bearing 29 through i :10 whichthe rod loosely extendsand the opposite end of'the brackethaving-a lug that overhangsthe rail 27 and has sliding moveits bearing 29 a semicircular threaded;lug

1 that overlies and has engaging connection Witha feedes crew' 32 that is rotatably mounted'in the frames "16 and17'. The bracketihas pivotalmovement on-the rod 26 when theop-t i p osit'e endof thebracket is-raised from the 1 6s; rail- 27, whereupon I the; threaded-lug 31 is Y moved out of engagingrelation withthe feed-i screw,. and when the bracket is thus raised,

' V longitudinal movement of the bracket on the 1 rod 26,- independent of the feed-screw, is

zslpermitted, there being a knob "33-34 pro jecting' upwardly? from each end of the i bracket-28 by which'the bracket is manipulatedi Y Within the container lis provideda plung- 3'03 er 35:which-'is longitudinally movable there;

in, the front face of the plunger having grooves 36, and an'externally grooved ring 37 encompasses the c'ontainer'and has pivotal connection with the plunger 35,- there being I plunger through [the corresponding slot 4 in .the container and extending into a lug 39;

spondingly moveduponjthe'opposite end of the feed-screw 1s v fifxedfa' header?) which is 'internallythreaded toreceive threaded shank 44 "of a crank 7 45: The feed-screw is rotated upon turning of the crank in one direction, and said crank v becomes discOnnectediI'rOm thehead 43 upon 'b'eing' rotated in the opposite direction as its shank becomes unscrewedzfrom said head When'the crankis thus turned. r "An arm 46 is rigidly positioned upon of said arm being'provided with a stud 48 that is alined with the axis of the container a pin:38 extending from each side of the" wardlyextending projection at each end thereof that extends loosely into the groove 41 ofthelring- 37, sothat as therbracket 28i V 'isvmoved A longitudinally, the; ring 37 and a v V plunger"35 connected therewith are oorre-' v astud 47 that extends from the frame 16, oneend as they are sliced by the wire' lQ from the engaged by a tension s'pring fi whereby-the V stripper is held in normal. position. ,"S aid finger extends intothe pathof a lugon the head 43 so tha t as the-feed screw and-said s headarerotatedyupon operation of thecrank 4 45,.said finger is engaged by said lug and the v mentthereon. jThe bracket 'has'also adjacent" stripper thereby actuated in opposition to the tension of the spring; In this manner 1 I the tongue 50 is caused to swing transversely with respect to the container. adj acent the discharge :end thereof. T

. The appliance is mounted in a coolingjcabithecabinet; j r y In operating the invention, the, bracket 28 is swung upwardly so that its threaded lug,

is disengaged from thefeed-screm and then .move dfto the rear'end of the container and replaced in .1tsf normal position n engaging relation with the screw by. lowering the bracketjso thatits lug rests upon the rail 47. I The container member '2 is then re moved by opening the fastener l1,raising its corresponding end and-sliding it forwardly so thatthe'opposite 'endof said member is withdrawn from connection with the head 7 Bars of. buttera'rethen deposited endwise' in alinement with-each other in the c'ontainen, whichcohtaineris then closed by replacing the removable memberQ. Upon operationof the crank sons to revolve the feed-screw 32, the'plunger 35, through the medium of the bracket 28 and ringBZ, forces the butter-endwisein the container, causing; it to become extruded through the discharge end thereof I or g and become severed longitudinally into parts 7 V On therear 'endof thefeedsc-rew 32 is fixed 7' a pinion42'that meshes with the gear 2Q, and" turned, rotary movement isconcurrently im 1 by the cross wires l t-and pastithe' partingblades 'l2 and- 18. As the feed-screw issevered portions of the butter 'bartherefrom,

said portions, in successive order, become sliced transversely by the'stationary wire 49' so that a corresponding series of pats of butter are removed from the extruded ends of saidportions. As each pat is slicedfree from its portion, thetongue of the stripper swings 7 into contact with it" which prevents the severedfpat from 'clingingto theend of the container or'the adjacent pat being sliced.

Afeature of the invention is the rovisionf for the rem o'val of the container bot ily front permits of the cleansing of, the container its supports'and driving Connection, which without inconvenience. This is accomplished by turning the crank to such position that the container member 2 is uppermost, whereupon said container and the ring 37 with the plunger attached thereto are removed simply by elevating the container from the apparatus.

What I claim is 1. In a butter cutting machine, a support having parallel guides; a butter bar container one end of which is open, rotatably and removably mounted in said support, and having opposite longitudinal slots; a brack- 1 et slidably mounted on said guides; a feedscrew with which said bracket is detachably engaged and actuated thereby; a plunger longitudinally movable in said container; a ring encompassing the container, connected through the slots therein with said plunger, and detachably engaged by said bracket; means within the open end of said container to cause a butter bar when extruded through its open end to become sliced longitudinally; a stationary wire dispose-d I adjacent the open end of the container to cause the extruded parts of said bar to be sliced transversely to form pats; a stripper for deflecting said pats as formed; and driving means relating the stripper, the feed screw and the container, to efi'fect operation thereof concurrently.

2. In a butter cutting machine, a support having parallel guides; a butter bar container one end of which is open, rotatably and removably mounted in said support, and having opposite longitudinal slot-s; a bracket slidably mounted on said guides; a feedscrew with which said bracket is detachably engaged and actuated thereby; a plunger longitudinally movable in said container; a ring encompassing the container, connected through the slots therein with said plunger, and detachably engaged by said bracket; means within the open end of said container to cause a butter bar when extruded through its open end to become sliced longitudinally; a stationary wire disposed adjacent the open end of the container to cause the extruded parts of said bar to be sliced transversely to form pats; and driving means for concurrently actuating the feed screw and container.

3. In a butter cut-ting machine, a support; a butter bar container one end of which is open, rotatably mounted in said support; a bracket slidably mounted in said support longitudinally with respect to the axis of said container; a feed-screw with which said bracket is detachably engaged and actuated thereby; a plunger in said container; a ring encompassing the container and having operable connections with the plunger, there being longitudinal slots in the container through which said connections extend; means disposed so as to cause a butter bar as it is extruded through the open end of the container to be longitudinally and laterally sliced to form pats; and means associated with the feed-screw and the container for actuating them concurrently.

4. In a butter cutting machine; a support; a butter bar container one end of whichis open, rotatably mounted in said support; a

bracket movable in said support longitudi- I nally with respect to said container; means for actuating said container and bracket concurrently; a plunger in said container; a mechanism operably relating said plunger and bracket so that as the bracket is moved longitudinally, the plunger is actuated accordingly, said mechanism and container being bodily removable from said bracket and support; and slicing means disposed so as to form pats of a-butter bar as it is extruded through the open end ofthe container by the action of said plunger.

5. In a butter cutting machine, a support;

a rotatable container in said support; means for slicing a butter bar as it is extruded 'from' the discharge end of the container; a plunger in said container; a longitudinally sliding and pivotally movable bracket in said support; a feed-screw for actuating said bracket and from which said bracket is detachable upon pivotal movement thereof; means operably relating the bracket with the plunger; and means for actuating the feed-screw and container. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HENRY J. OUTGELT. 

